The columns are the recipes and the rows are all of the ingredients across every recipe; then the dots represent whether the recipe contains the ingredient and the intensity and direction indicates if it uses more or less than the average amount of that ingredient.
ns0 OP t1_j5453lk wrote
Reply to comment by Lawrentius in Rotten Recipes: Find flavors pairings by similar aromatic compounds by ns0
You just listed what you'd put on a charcuterie board